SO WHAT IS DISTRIBUTED LEADERSHIP? Distributed Leadership is not a fancy flowchart of formalised leadership titles. In fact, the flowchart should be the last thing you do when defining your model. Distributed Leadership is strongly embedded in the culture and context of your school. It embodies both formal and informal leadership positions, regardless of years of experience. Anyone can lead! A true model of Distributed Leadership is easily identified by the quality of interactions taking place between the staff in your school. Quality interactions towards a common goal. That’s Distributed Leadership. Alma Harris describes it like this: “… distributed leadership is a dynamic model of leadership emanating from different patterns of interaction among those in formal and informal roles. “ p.48
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